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9. Acre-feet Acre-feet Total imported water need (1990) 2,865,600 Imported Water Supplies Existing Sources: Colorado River 550,000 State of California (Metropolitan Water District, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District) 1,590,000 New Sources: Minimum surplus available under State Contract Option 344,000 New Los Angeles Owens River Supply 152,000 Waste Water Reclamation 200,000 Total estimated available supply (1990) 2,836,000 Deficiency 29,600 The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced early this year its plans to build the additional capacity noted above into its Owens River Aqueduct. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts' July 1963 report, "A Plan for Water Re-use," outlined a program to conserve "nearly all of the readily reclaimable water now available at strategic locations throughout the districts." The initial projects proposed, based upon today's water use, would reclaim more than 100,000 acre-feet of water annually at an estimated capital cost of $20,000,000. Additional amounts would be available for reclamation as water use increases. Undoubtedly, more efficient use of available supplies by California users can be accomplished and will aid the over-all supply problem. In addition to the new supplies available to Southern California as noted above, the Pacific Southwest Water Plan itself suggests substantial water savings along the Colorado and in bothEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,983,168 byte